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Higher Education, National, News, UC

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July 29, 12:20 pm

UC to pay $6.45M to settle antisemitism lawsuit over pro-Palestine encampment

This post was updated Aug. 3 at 9:13 p.m. The UC announced Tuesday it will pay $6.45 million to settle a lawsuit brought by three Jewish UCLA students and a professor who alleged they faced antisemitism during the Palestine solidarity encampment in the spring of last year. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters hold flags at a protest on the UCLA campus in April 2024. The UC announced Tuesday that it will pay over $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jewish UCLA students and a faculty member who claimed they faced antisemitism during the Palestine solidarity encampment in the spring of last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Los Angeles, National, News, Westwood

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July 21, 4:35 pm

Pentagon releases US Marines from LA, Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood

This post was updated July 27 at 8:14 p.m. United States Marines are no longer posted outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood, after the Pentagon released them from Los Angeles on Monday. Read more...

Photo: U.S. Marines are pictured at the Veteran Avenue entrance to the Wilshire Federal Building. The Pentagon announced the Withdrawal of the U.S. Marine Corps from Los Angeles on Monday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Higher Education, National, News, Science & Health

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July 12, 8:11 pm

UCLA student researchers face uncertainty amid federal cuts, budget proposals

This post was updated July 13 at 8:32 p.m. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA lab is pictured. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health

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July 7, 6:14 pm

UCLA staff react to RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee dismissals, appointments

This post was July 13 at 8:43 p.m. UCLA clinicians and policy experts said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of a vaccine advisory committee could create health care disparities and undermine public trust in vaccine recommendations. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)

A Closer Look, Campus, National, News

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July 6, 5:31 pm

UCLA lays off some retention, access program staff amid federal DEI scrutiny

This post was updated July 13 at 8:27 p.m. Mary Grace Stevens said she felt alone after coming to UCLA as a first-generation and low-income student. Read more...

Photo: Posters of student-initiated retention and access programs are pictured. Campus Life, a division of Student Affairs, laid off five of the programs’ project directors in June in response to federal anti-diversity, equity and inclusion directives. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)

California, Los Angeles, National, News, Westwood

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June 13, 9:11 pm

US Marines stationed at federal building in Westwood; 1 person detained

Around 40 United States Marines were stationed at the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood – and had detained one person – as of 4:40 p.m Friday.  About 200 Marines arrived in Westwood on Friday morning, according to CBS News. Read more...

Photo: Around 40 United States Marines were stationed at the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood – and had detained one person – as of 4:40 p.m Friday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Los Angeles, National, News

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June 12, 11:46 pm

‘This shouldn’t be happening’: Students react to troops, ICE raids in LA

While most Bruins studied for finals, one first-year engineering student said they spent the week begging their father not to go to work. The student – who was granted anonymity due to their fear of retaliation from the federal government – said they did not want their father to attend work after learning that U.S. Read more...

Photo: A website tracking suspected ICE activity across the U.S. is pictured. Students reacted with concern to the Trump administration’s orders to carry out ICE raids across the country this week. (Amanda Velasco/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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